Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   On this day in history william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)   

Jul 19   Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1811.   

Jul 19   Vincenz Lachner, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 20   James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) in the year 1811.   

Jul 27   On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed   

Jul 28   Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies in the year 1811.   

Jul 30   On this day in history father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.   

Jul 31   In the year 1811 miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish   

Aug 02   On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

Aug 03   Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) in the year 1811.   

Aug 03   Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on this day in history.   

Aug 11   In the year 1811 judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]   

Aug 12   On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77   

Aug 17   In the year 1811 johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)   

Aug 18   Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1811.   

Aug 20   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 in the year 1811.   

Aug 25   In the year 1811 joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 26   In the year 1811 danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

Aug 29   In the year 1811 henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

Aug 30   In the year 1811 thomas Gautier, writer   

Aug 31   On this day in history goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

Sep 03   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 03   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) in the year 1811.   

Sep 06   James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   On this day in history william Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

Sep 08   In the year 1811 peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69   

Sep 12   James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) on this day in history.   

Sep 15   On this day in history jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer   

Sep 18   On this day in history english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies   

Sep 28   In the year 1811 friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician   

Sep 30   Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 in the year 1811.   

Oct 06   French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1811 birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")   

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born in the year 1811.   

Feb 15   In the year 1811 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

Feb 23   In the year 1811 birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

Jan 10   In the year 1811 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)   

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75   

Mar 19   In the year 1811 frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.